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Linster, who competes full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Elite 2 division, made his first laps around the iconic speedway during last weekend’s ARCA Menards Series preseason test.Driving an entry for Kimmel Racing, he performed well enough to earn his superspeedway license, which leaves him approved to compete on all ARCA tracks this season.It was a successful first step in what he hopes ...Keep readingView the full article

The British squad took the covers off its 2024 Puma at last week's Autosport International before embarking on its first pre-event test of the season ahead of the Monte Carlo curtain raiser (25-28 January) last weekend.M-Sport scored two wins last year, matching rivals Hyundai, after Ott Tanak triumphed in Sweden and Chile, but a run of reliability issues - engine in Estonia and Finland plus water ...Keep readingView the full article

Comfort, resistance and perfection are what you look for in all kinds of competitions, and when it comes to the toughest race in the world, you have to study to the millimetre which products to use.That's why the vast majority of participants opt for the line of Sparco, an Italian company based in Volpiano, which has created the Seat Circuit, a seat made of carbon fibre that guarantees all that ...Keep readingView the full article

The Catalan, participating in the Dakar for the second time, was involved in an incident a few kilometres from the end of the special stage from Al Henakiyah to Al Duwadimi on 8 January.Falcon, 45, had received immediate assistance before he had to be airlifted to Al Duwadimi hospital for further treatment.Falcón suffered a cerebral oedema due to the fracture of the C2 vertebra, as well as five ...Keep readingView the full article

Following up on his third stage win at this year’s event, Loeb looked set to carve more time out of Sainz’s overall advantage as he led the Spaniard by three minutes, and nearest rival Ekstrom by one minute, entering the final 100km of the Al Duwadimi to Ha’il stage.But on the all-dirt track run to the stage finish, Loeb dropped over 10 minutes to his rivals to undo all his strong work and ...Keep readingView the full article

Vasselon, 60, has been succeeded on a temporary basis by David Floury as the technical chief of the Cologne-based organisation that masterminds Toyota's World Endurance Championship programme, develops the engines for its World Rally Championship GR Yaris Rally 1 and builds the GR Supra GT4 customer racer. The move announced on Monday was described in a short statement from TGR-E as part of a ...Keep readingView the full article

The Clash returns to Los Angeles for the third consecutive year. Each year, there's been a mid-race break highlighted by a concert.The L.A. Memorial Coliseum has hosted everything from two Super Bowls, two Olympics, a World Series and countless other major events over the past century. The temporary race track built inside the facility is just ¼-mile in length.In 2022, Pitbull performed a ...Keep readingView the full article

Formula 1 is in the midst of its off-season, like many other motorsport championships, but it really is not long until racing gets back underway.With the Dakar Rally already well under way, the opening round of the new Formula E season kicked off on Saturday, while the World Rally Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship also start this month.Other racing categories commence again before F1 ...Keep readingView the full article

Despite not being able to compete in the season opener at Daytona last year because he had not yet turned 18 years old, Perez and his Rev Racing team still managed to finish as runner-up in the series standings.Perez’s standout rookie season which featured 10 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes was overshadowed by Jesse Love’s dominating 10-win title season.Nonetheless, the Mexico City native made ...Keep readingView the full article

Loeb made a low-key start to Sunday’s 483km test between Riyadh and Al-Duwadimi, but the nine-time World Rally champion was gradually able to make his way to the front, taking his third stage victory of the year with a margin of 7m06s over Toyota’s Lucas Moraes.Sainz finished fourth behind Nasser Al-Attiyah on what was a relatively tough day for Audi, with Ekstrom stopping twice due to ...Keep readingView the full article

Energylandia driver Goczal had dominated the opening week of Dakar in T3 category, with his performances even earning him a place inside the overall top 10 after the 48-hour Stage 6 on Friday.However, during the rest day in Riyadh, the FIA announced that Goczal has been excluded from the results for using a carbon clutch that has not been not authorised by the stewards. This decision is ...Keep readingView the full article

Several teams elected to pass on the second day of the test and Saturday’s session ended by 4 p.m. ET after the remaining teams finished early.Sawalich, who will split time in JGR’s No. 18 Toyota this season with Tanner Gray because he is not yet old enough to run the whole schedule, posted an average speed of 182.489 mph.The 17-year-old Toyota development driver is running all but six ...Keep readingView the full article

Last July, van Gisbergen became the first driver in more than 60 years to win a Cup race in his debut when he took victory in the inaugural Chicago Street Race driving for Trackhouse Racing.The victory served as the instigator for the three-time Supercars champion to move to NASCAR competition this season, where he will compete full-time in the Xfinity Series and run at least seven Cup races.But ...Keep readingView the full article

Last year’s title runner-up joined up with the Toyota squad for a pre-event asphalt test on Friday ahead of the annual Monte Carlo opener from 25-28 January.The outing was the Welshman’s first since suffering a rib injury caused in a bike accident that forced him to miss the end-of-season FIA prize giving in Baku and some test running in Finland last month while he completed his recovery.Evans ...Keep readingView the full article

Although yet to be officially announced, it is widely believed that Audi will pull the plug on its Dakar programme after the 46-edition of the rally-raid ends next week, having made its debut just three years ago in 2022 with RS Q e-tron.Dakar was the last remaining works project for Audi Sport, but it too is expected to face the axe as the German manufacturer begins to divert all its attention ...Keep readingView the full article

The more than 50 entries that showed up never got on track until almost 5 p.m. ET and were limited to about four hours due to persistent rain earlier in the day.Former IndyCar driver Marco Amdretti led the way on the speed chart as teams focused on single car runs but once the drafting began after 8 p.m., Finch and his Venturini Motorsports teammates shined.Finch, who is running most of the ARCA ...Keep readingView the full article

Van Alst, 42, suffered a fractured vertebra in his back in a vicious wreck last October in the NASCAR Truck race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.It was a harrowing end to what had been a breakout season for the longtime short track veteran.Van Alst had kicked off 2023 in style with a thrilling victory in the ARCA Menards Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway, using a last lap ...Keep readingView the full article

Parsons, 25, will drive the No. 75 Chevrolet Silverado for the team. It's unclear how many races he will drive the truck. The truck will carry sponsorship from Food Country USA.He is the son of former racer and current broadcaster Phil Parsons, as well as the nephew of NASCAR Hall of Famer Benny Parsons. His father Phil is a veteran of over 200 Cup races and nearly 300 Xfinity, winning one Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

Al-Attiyah’s bid for a sixth career win in Dakar took a crushing blow on the 48-hour Stage 6 when his Prodrive Hunter screeched to a halt just before the penultimate waypoint with a broken steering bearing, leaving him stranded in Empty Quarter.The Qatari driver was eventually able to get the car repaired with the assistance from his team, but by the time he reached the final bivouac at ...Keep readingView the full article

The British squad unveiled its bold new livery at the Autosport International Show ahead of the Monte Carlo season opener later this month (25-28 January).This is the latest striking colour scheme to adorn the M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1 after the team opted for purple and blue liveries in 2022 and 2023 respectively.Prominent branding from energy drinks firm Red Bull remains on the flanks of the car ...Keep readingView the full article

As the 549km test around Shubaytah resumed on Friday, Loeb sat third in the order behind Audi duo Carlos Sainz Sr and Mattias Ekstrom, with 5m19s to make up and only a third of the distance remaining.But the nine-time World Rally Championship was able to overhaul both Audis in little time, jumping Ekstrom at the first checkpoint of the day before surging ahead of Sainz at Bivouac F.The Frenchman ...Keep readingView the full article

The series, co-founded by NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart, was set to begin its fourth season in the summer of 2024.SRX ran its inaugural season in 2021 with Stewart winning the title. Marco Andretti won the 2022 championship, and then Ryan Newman the following year. SRX had also partnered with ESPN for broadcast rights during the 2023 season.SRX released the following statement on Thursday ...Keep readingView the full article

The team competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series with drivers Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez. Last year, they also signed Supercars ace Shane van Gisbergen and 2022 NASCAR Truck Series champion Zane Smith.Zilisch, 17, becomes the latest driver to join Trackhouse, signing a multi-year development deal. This will include starts in the the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series, as well as. theCARS ...Keep readingView the full article

The team, co-owned by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, recently added AdventHealth as a sponsor well.Dollar Tree/Family Dollar will be featured in some capacity in all races on the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, running select races as the primary sponsor for John-Hunter Nemechek and Erik Jones.They will also back Johnson and the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE in the NASCAR Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

The trio of Toyota Racing drivers will all be making their debut in the event, which precedes the historic 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway.Wallace has two victories in the NASCAR Cup Series, both while driving for 23XI Racing, which is co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. He finished a career-best tenth in the standings las year. Nemechek is making his return to the Cup ...Keep readingView the full article